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<p>Everyone has heard of multiplaying, which is considered illegal in Iron Realms games. But what about multi<em>gaming</em>? Defined as the fine art of playing two or more games simultaneously, it can be especially common among text gamers. It's nothing to be ashamed of - as long as you're not autobashing! We love our text games dearly, and you might miss sudden the sudden excitement of a world event (as Iron Realms is known for) if you log out. So playing a few rounds of Capture-the-Flag or even doing a raid in your favourite MMORPG is a good way to pass the time. Heck, some people even watch Netflix, play an MMORPG and do telecom work from home, all while logged into an Iron Realms MUD.</p>
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<p>So are you a multigamer? Whether it's simply alt-tabbing between Facebook games and your MUD client, or an elaborate dual-monitor setup with all the windows neatly resized, tell us how you multigame. <em>Comment below!</em></p>http://www.ironrealms.com/ire-asks-are-you-a-multigamer#commentsalt-tabcapture-the-flagIRE AsksMMORPGmultigamingmultiplayingWed, 07 Dec 2011 03:13:03 +0000Aktillum of Achaea583 at http://www.ironrealms.comPlaying Alts in Iron Realms MMORPGshttp://www.ironrealms.com/playing-alts-in-iron-realms-mmorpgs
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<p>The <a title="games" href="http://www.ironrealms.com/games">games</a> that Iron Realms provide are all incredible and each has a different theme, a different flavor and a different feel. Within each game there are different factions and subfactions, leading to even more flavor between every game, factions, Houses and even character classes and races. There is simply so much to experience in the Iron Realms <a title="MMORPGs" href="http://www.ironrealms.com/mmorpgs">MMORPGs</a>, one can hardly be blamed if they want to experience the 'other side' or another game with the same quality. But before you go on making alternative characters, here are a few things you really should know:</p>
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<h4>Don't Mail Items Between Characters!</h4>
<p>In contrast to MMORPGs like <em>World of Warcraft</em>, alternative characters and accounts aren't allowed to help eachother in any way. You may NOT drop vials somewhere on your 'main' and pick them up on your alt, that would be one character aiding another. The same goes for gold, herbs, clothes, armour, weapons, etc. However, you MAY transfer website-purchased credits between characters -- just not in-game acquired credits such as buying through the credit market.</p>
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<h4>Don't Use Cross-Character Information!</h4>
<p>Perhaps the most important part: information learned on one character should NOT be used to aid another. Now, this one is tricky, becaues it's one of those grey areas. Maybe you're not conciously more aggressive towards person X for reason Y learned on character Z, but try to keep this in mind: keep it to the character. If your first character has a rivalry with person H, don't carry that rivalry over to your next character. They're separate, so try to make sure they think separately too!</p>
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<h4>Keep them Seperated!</h4>
<p>Can't really say this concept enough. This isn't so much a rule as it is a tip: try to make your characters act differently. This will keep them a little more secret, and keep them feeling different, fresh and enjoyable to play. Try to log into them at different times if you're trying to keep them secret, too. This can be very useful, for example if your main is a popular raider from Ashtan, you may not really want Shallamese figuring out who your Shallamese alt is -- while you should try to act differently towards the same people across characters, it doesn't guarentee everyone will.</p>
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<h4>Have fun!!</h4>
<p>In other <a title="MMORPGs" href="http://www.ironrealms.com/mmorpgs">MMORPGs</a> you often need to start a new character at some point to continue enjoying the game, but in Iron Realms games, that is just an option. The main thing is to have fun -- if you can do that on your main character without even being tempted to look at the other side, that's great. But some people will inevitably be curious, and for those people, alternate characters are a fantastic way to re-play the same game in an extremely different way, and experience a whole new world through the eyes of your next character.</p>
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<div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: right;"><em>Author: Rean Moliuvia</em></div>
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